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• MO Officer Shot, Critically Injured Transporting Suspect

  05-12-2017 23:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  An Arnold, MO, police officer sustained life-threatening injuries after being shot by a suspect he was transporting to booking Tuesday, according to police.Authorities say the officer was transporting the suspect, reportedly in custody for an alleged burglary, when he was shot by the suspect inside his patrol SUV, reports KMOV.The shooting happened in the parking lot behind the Arnold Police Department around 2 p.m., and responding officers discovered both men inside the vehicle. Officer Ryan O&
  
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• DOJ Denied Request for $3 Million for LAPD Community Policing

  05-12-2017 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2015, a community policing initiative — one credited with helping curb violence in some of L.A.’s toughest housing projects — scored the Los Angeles Police Department high-level praise.A captain and a sergeant who led the program were invited to Washington, D.C., earning coveted seats near the first lady during President Obama’s State of the Union address.This year, L.A. officials applied for more than $3 million in federal funding to help bring the same program to Har
  
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• Baltimore Drops More Criminal Cases Due to Alleged Police Misconduct

  05-12-2017 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The number of criminal cases dropped due to allegations of police misconduct in Baltimore continues to rise, prosecutors said.The alleged misconduct includes body camera videos that appear to show officers planting evidence and a federal indictment of eight officers on racketeering and fraud charges, reports the Associated Press.News outlets reported a statement Monday from State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's office said a total of 125 cases relying on the indicted officers' testimony will be dropp
  
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• Testing Body Cameras for Image Fidelity

  05-12-2017 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It is important to differentiate truth from hype when purchasing body-worn and security cameras. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police study found major discrepancies between the advertising claims of video system manufacturers and reality. This article’s aim is to provide information that will help the readers identify the most suitable camera for their law enforcement operations.In my career as an architect, I have designed more than 50 police stations. My father was a police officer, so I hav
  
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• Authorities Say They Foiled Mass Shooting at FL Mosque

  05-12-2017 16:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Local, state and federal authorities said Monday they thwarted a mass shooting at a Jacksonville, FL, mosque and arrested a 69-year-old Filipino immigrant who they say had obtained a rifle suppressor from an undercover officer in the parking lot of a local sporting goods store.Bernandino Gawala Bolatete is charged with knowingly receiving and possessing a suppressor not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, according the U.S. Attorney’s Office.Jackson
  
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• Her Tinder Date Swore She Was Alive—but Police Just Found Her Body - Daily Beast

  05-12-2017 05:33 via thedailybeast.com
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  Her Tinder Date Swore She Was Alive—but Police Just Found Her Body
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  The body of a Nebraska woman who vanished after a Tinder date has been found, her family confirmed on Monday night. Sydney Loofe, 24, was reported missing on Nov. 16, after she didn't make her shift at a Menard's home improvements store in Lincoln. The ...and more »
  
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• Police Investigating Shooting Outside Emeryville Target - CBS San Francisco Bay Area

  05-12-2017 05:00 via sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
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  Police Investigating Shooting Outside Emeryville Target
  CBS San Francisco Bay Area
  EMERYVILLE (CBS SF) — Police are investigating a shooting that injured two people, both critically, in the parking lot of an Emeryville Target store on Monday evening. Emeryville and Oakland police confirmed an investigation underway around 6:45 p.m ...and more »
  
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• Beloved Saddle Brook teen killed in car crash, police say - NJ.com

  05-12-2017 04:57 via nj.com
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  Beloved Saddle Brook teen killed in car crash, police say
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  A Saddle Brook teenager died in a single-car crash in South Brunswick Sunday night, police said. The girl was driving a 2012 Honda Pilot eastbound on Fresh Ponds Road near Selma Drive when she left the roadway at a curve and crashed into a tree, South ...and more »
  
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• Ontario police find, tackle, arrest teen accused of throwing kitten in video - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

  05-12-2017 04:45 via dailybulletin.com
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  Ontario police find, tackle, arrest teen accused of throwing kitten in video
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  Spot the cat recovers at The Inland Valley Humane Society & S.P.C.A. in this photo provided by IVHS. By Gail Wesson | [email protected] | The Press-Enterprise. PUBLISHED: December 4, 2017 at 4:26 pm | UPDATED: December 4, 2017 at 7:58 pm. Ontario police ...
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• Standoff underway after police chase in north Houston - KPRC Click2Houston

  05-12-2017 04:33 via click2houston.com
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  Standoff underway after police chase in north Houston
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  HOUSTON - A person with a stolen U-Haul is involved in a standoff with police in north Houston on Monday night. The armed suspect is barricaded in a vehicle near the intersection of E. 32nd Street and Omega Street in the Independence Heights ...and more »
  
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• Durham police issue safety tips after sexual assault on Ellerbe Creek Trail - WRAL.com

  05-12-2017 04:14 via wral.com
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  Durham police issue safety tips after sexual assault on Ellerbe Creek Trail
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  Durham, N.C. — Durham police are looking for a man who they say sexually assaulted a women Sunday afternoon on the Ellerbe Creek Trail near Northgate Park. A woman told officers that she was running on the trail around 3 p.m. when a man rode by her on ...and more »
  
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• 'Bandit' taxi driver accused of rape; police seek additional victims - Los Angeles Times

  05-12-2017 04:05 via latimes.com
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  'Bandit' taxi driver accused of rape; police seek additional victims
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  Police are looking for additional victims of a “bandit” taxi driver accused of raping a woman last month after she hailed a ride home, authorities said. The woman thought she had taken a Yellow Taxi after leaving a bar near Vermont Avenue and Pico ...and more »
  
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• Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole to step down at end of year - KIRO Seattle

  05-12-2017 03:48 via kiro7.com
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  Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole to step down at end of year
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  SEATTLE - Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole said she will step down at the end of the year, saying personal reasons far outweighed professional ones. Seattle Police Deputy Chief Carmen Best will serve as interim chief starting January 1. Related ...
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  Kathleen O'Toole to step down as Seattle's police chiefKOMO Newsall 30 news articles »
  
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• Timnath police: Man groped child in Walmart restroom - The Coloradoan

  05-12-2017 03:16 via coloradoan.com
  Timnath police: Man groped child in Walmart restroom
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  Police arrested a Cheyenne, Wyoming, man last week after the man was accused of groping a 6-year-old boy in the Timnath Walmart Supercenter. Javier Dominguez-Gallegos, 27, was arrested Nov. 29 on suspicion of felony sexual assault on a child. On Nov ...
  
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• San Marcos police officer killed while serving warrant, officials say - Austin American-Statesman

  05-12-2017 02:03 via statesman.com
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  San Marcos police officer killed while serving warrant, officials say
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  Investigators on Valero Drive in San Marcos, where a San Marcos police officer was shot and killed Monday while serving a warrant. JAY JANNER/AMERICAN-STATESMAN. 6:30 p.m. update: San Marcos officials have identified the San Marcos police officer shot ...
  San Marcos Police Officer Fatally Shot Serving Warrant, Suspect in CustodyNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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• Man Stabs Two in Queens, Then Drives Into Their Helpers, Police Say - New York Times

  05-12-2017 02:03 via nytimes.com
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  Man Stabs Two in Queens, Then Drives Into Their Helpers, Police Say
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  Just before dawn on Sunday, outside a hookah bar in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens, a brutal fight broke out over a prosaic urban commodity: a parking space. The fight turned deadly when one of the men involved stabbed two others, then ...and more »
  
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• Florida police say mass shooting at Islamic center thwarted - Fox News

  05-12-2017 01:25 via foxnews.com
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  Florida police say mass shooting at Islamic center thwarted
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  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police say they stopped a man from carrying out a planned mass shooting at a Florida Islamic center. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams announced Monday that police arrested 69-year-old Bernardino Gawala Bolatete after he tried to ...
  FBI: Jacksonville man arrested for plotting mass shooting at Islamic CenterFirst Coast Newsall 23 news articles »
  
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• IACP 2017: Best of Show

  05-12-2017 01:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Each year the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference features an exhibition of the latest law enforcement products with a heavy emphasis on technology and software.Here's a look at the products that caught our eye at this year's show held in October at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Convention Center.Apparel and Footwear
  5.11 Tactical showed its Flex-Tac uniforms. The new men's and women Flex-Tac uniforms are made of a polyester/wool blend fabric, feature natural str
  
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• Emotionally disturbed man shot by police lunged at cops with glass: official - NJ.com

  05-12-2017 01:06 via nj.com
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  Emotionally disturbed man shot by police lunged at cops with glass: official
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  An emotionally disturbed man shot by Jersey City police this afternoon had lunged at officers with a large piece of glass, an official said. The man, who was also pepper-sprayed, is expected to recover from a gunshot wound to the stomach, city ...and more »
  
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• Driver in post-Christmas parade crash no stranger to police - Redding Record Searchlight

  05-12-2017 01:03 via redding.com
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  Driver in post-Christmas parade crash no stranger to police
  Redding Record Searchlight
  The 30-year-old Redding woman arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and child endangerment after a Saturday night crash in downtown Redding after the Lighted Christmas Parade is not exactly a stranger to law enforcement. Taryn Elizabeth ...and more »
  
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• Miami-Dade police identify men involved in suspected road-rage shooting - WPLG Local 10

  05-12-2017 00:41 via local10.com
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  Miami-Dade police identify men involved in suspected road-rage shooting
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  MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Miami-Dade police on Monday identified the two men involved in a suspected road-rage shooting off the Palmetto Expressway. Police said the two men - Jason Giles and Felix Valdes Jr. - got in a dispute around 10 a.m. Friday ...and more »
  
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• Surveillance Equipment

  05-12-2017 00:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aeryon Labs • SkyRanger sUAS
  The Aeryon SkyRanger sUAS airframe and integrated platform can be transported and deployed by a single operator and offers integrated payloads and software solutions with up to 50-minute flight time. This Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) sUAS enables continuous eyes-on-target, operations in confined or hard-to-reach environments, and low-risk launch and retrieval without peripheral equipment. The SkyRanger is suited for both land and maritime applications an
  
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• How To Understand First Amendment Rights for Public Employees

  05-12-2017 00:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In the United States, the First Amendment is probably one of the most important fundamental rights we have and yet it is also the one that gets seriously abused. The First Amendment states:"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."You would think that something writte
  
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• TX Officer Killed Serving Warrant

  05-12-2017 00:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A San Marcos, TX, police officer was killed Monday afternoon while serving a warrant in the Cottonwood Creek subdivision, police officials confirmed.Kenneth Copeland, 58, was serving a warrant for a violent crime in a subdivision on the city's south side when a man opened fire on him and other officers, "much like in an ambush-style situation," Police Chief Chase Stapp said in an evening news conference, reports the Washington Post.Copeland, a 19-year veteran of the force who was working on his
  
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